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<h2>1. Pollination Needs of Crops</h2>

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<p><strong>Returned data:</strong></p>

<p>Chili peppers <em>(Capsicum annuum)</em> show increases in yields in response to animal pollinators.</p>

<p>The yield increase is modest. Pollinators are particularly important in greenhouses to increase fruit weight, but less in open fields.</p>

<p>Chili pepper flowers are hermaphroditic, (meaning that they have both male and female parts in the same flower, and are self-compatible.</p>

<p>Some wind or insect-mediated shaking necessary for self-pollination. In studies in different locations around the world, the following have been seen to pollinate chili pepper flowers:</p>

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<li>honey bees</li>
<li>stinglee bees <em>(Melipona favosa, M. subnitida)</em></li>
<li>bumble bees <em>(Bombus impatiens, B. terrestris)</em></li>
<li>solitary bees <em>(Osmia cornifrons, Megachile rotundata)</em></li>
<li>hover flies <em>(Eristalis tenax)</em></li>
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